Skip to content
Desborough
EntityQ1838917· pop 19· linked from 142 articles

Desborough

Sign in to save

Also known as Desborough, Northamptonshire

Desborough is a town and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England, lying in the Ise Valley between Market Harborough and Kettering. It was an industrial centre for weaving and shoe-making in the 19th century and had a long association with the Co-operative movement.

Key facts

UK place.official_name
Desborough
UK place.population
11,910
UK place.population_ref
(2021)
UK place.os_grid_reference
SP805835
UK place.civil_parish
Desborough
UK place.unitary_england
North Northamptonshire
UK place.lieutenancy_england
Northamptonshire
UK place.region
East Midlands
UK place.country
England
UK place.post_town
KETTERING
UK place.postcode_area
NN
UK place.postcode_district
NN14
UK place.dial_code
01536
UK place.constituency_westminster
Kettering

via Wikipedia infobox

~8 min read

Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Transport
  • Churches
  • Partnership
  • The Old Manor House
  • Government and community
  • Co-operative movement
  • Sport and leisure
  • Media
  • Education
  • Notable residents
  • References
  • External links

Desborough is a town and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England, lying in the Ise Valley between Market Harborough and Kettering. It was an industrial centre for weaving and shoe-making in the 19th century and had a long association with the Co-operative movement.

==History== left|thumb|The Celtic Desborough Mirror, [[British Museum]] Desborough's origins lie in the Bronze Age of about 2000 BC. Urns from that period have been found in and around the town.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Desborough” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Gallery (4)

On the map

3 mapped locations